Nairobi Star<\/a> (Nairobi)<\/p>\nStanley Magut<\/p>\n
14 December 2011<\/p>\n
\nFOOTBALL Kenya Federation (FKF) has been urged to focus on women’s football alongside that of men in a bid to tap and nurture talent among girls.<\/p>\n
Assistant commissioner for sports Jaxon Indakwa said the new federation should priotise development of women football after sidelining the discipline for years. “Now that the new football federation has the full support of FIFA, it is a high time they shift gears towards tapping women’s football talent,” Indakwa said.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Eldoret during the official opening of Solasa Sports offices, Indakwa said the Ministry of Youth and Sports will ensure women football teams are established in all its centres countrywide.<\/p>\n
Indakwa took issue with the recent football elections, saying though Electoral Independent Board (IEB) were keen to see gender balance upheld in football, the threshold was not met. “I am not impressed by the national football elections since its administration does not bring out the gender balance equation,” Indakwa said.<\/p>\n
The Solasa Sports director Elizabeth Shako, who is sponsoring the girls’ football tournament in the region, said the tourney will ensure women are empowered in a bid to avoid engaging in ill vices as well as nurturing their talent in football.<\/p>\n
“Through sports, we will be able to reach many girls and encourage them to be creative and nurture their talents,” Shako said.<\/p>\n
Dubbed ‘Kick out all forms of sexual exploitation against girls’ the winning team will pocket Sh20,000 while the second and third will get Sh15,000 and Sh10, 000 respectively.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Solwodi FC of Mombasa started their campaign of winning the Solasa Sports tourney on a positive note after beating Pioneer Ladies 2-1 in their opening match at Wareng High School in Eldoret.<\/p>\n
In other matches, Kick2Life FC pipped Chepsaita 2-0 while Chrisc thrashed Kipsangui Shinners 2-0 in their group matches with finals of the tourney scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n
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